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I have dished out a healthy share of criticism about the paths we are taking into the energy future, so perhaps it’s time I offered some paths of my own. I will outline them as simply as possible, since the data and thinking behind them could fill a book.

Henrik Fisker told us earlier this year that his $90,000 plug-in hybrid, the Karma will be profitable. We asked him how Fisker was able to make his car profitable, but Fisker said he wanted to protect his company’s business plan.

If you’re not going to take government cash, you gotta do something:

Cutting back on plastic bag use is the least–quite literally–that can be done to protect the environment. However, when its multiplied by billions of people, it becomes pretty significant.

Nobody likes trying to guess where the price of oil might be heading next. Good calls are rarely remembered, and bad calls are rarely forgotten. For oil and gas investors, though, there is no skirting the price question. To get an idea of where prices might be going, we must […]

Businesses leaders met in Denmark on Sunday to try to unite behind a call for long-term climate policies on oil, power and technology ahead of a U.N. conference in December that aims to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

Christophe de Margerie, CEO of French oil company Total thinks we’re near our peak oil production. He doesn’t see the world pumping out more than 89 million barrels of oil daily.

Almost everytime someone walks out of the grocery story, they leave with a disposable bag handed to them by the cashier. Perhaps it’s a paper bag, perhaps it’s a plastic bag.

Paul Kedrosky dug up this clip of DOE Chief Steven Chu speaking at MIT. You’ll want to skip the eight minute intro Mr. Chu receives to listen to the man speak.

Maybe all the talk about peak gasoline is bunk. With the price of gas low, and peak driving season upon us, Mastercard reports that U.S. gasoline consumption was the highest it’s been in a year and a half:

Jatropha curcas is a non-edible plant that grows in arid regions. The oil produced from its seed can be used as a biofuel that can be mixed with petroleum diesel. Already it’s been used twice this year in combination with algae to fuel test flights of commercial airlines. While corn-based […]

Honda is mulling a plan to sell two more hybrid cars for less than the Insight, which it sells for $19,800 to $23,100.

Green tech is nothing new, it just happens to be in better shape than ever before. The Guardian put together a very cool slideshow of green technology through the ages. Here’s a few excerpts, though, we highly recommend clicking through for the full gallery. Or click on any image to […]